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Quantifying the effects of nickel on Earth's inner-core nucleation
Jiahui Zhai, Liangrui Wei, Chen Gao +1
The formation of Earth's solid inner core marks a major transition in the thermal and chemical evolution of the deep Earth, yet its origin remains paradoxical, as initial nucleatio…
Radial gradient of superionic hydrogen in Earth's inner core
Zepeng Wu, Liangrui Wei, Chen Gao +3
Hydrogen is considered a key light element in Earth's core, yet the thermodynamics of its superionic phase and its distribution in the inner core remain unclear. Here, we compute a…
Understanding the two-step nucleation of iron at Earth's inner core conditions: a comparative molecular dynamics study
Chen Gao, Kai-Ming Ho, Renata M. Wentzcovitch +1
Metastable phases can lead to multistep nucleation processes, influencing the liquid-to-solid transition in various systems. In this study, we investigate the homogeneous nucleatio…
Ab initio superionic-liquid phase diagram of Fe1-xOx under Earth's inner core conditions
Zepeng Wu, Chen Gao, Feng Zhang +4
The superionic state is a phase of matter in which liquid-like ionic mobility coexists with a solid crystalline lattice. Recently identified in Earth's inner core (IC), this state…